Clothes-sprinkler.



A. L. GONNELLY.

CLOTHES SPRINKLER.-

APPLICATION FILED 11:11.28, 1911.

997,242, Patented July 4, 1911.

WITNESSES INVENTOR AMALIA L. CONNELLY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-SPRINKLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1911.

Application filed February 28, 1911. Serial No. 611,337.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMALIA L. CONNELLY, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Sprinklers, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to clothes sprinklers, and the primary object ofthe invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device that can beeasily attached to a suitable water supply, whereby clothes can beeasily and quickly sprinkled or moistened.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the above typefor equally distributing water upon clothes to dampen or moisten thesame.

A further object of the invention is to accomplish the above results bya device that is durable, free from injury by ordinary use, andefiicient as a household article.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by amechanical construction that will be presently described in detail andthen claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is aperspective view of the clothes sprinkling device, Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional View of the same, Fig. 3 is a cross sectionalview of the device, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of aportion of a modified form of device.

A device in accordance with this invention comprises an irregularlyshaped head 1, triangular in cross section, and in the lowerlongitudinal portion of said head is located an irregularly curved tube2 having one end thereof protruding from the rear end of the head 1 andprovided with a handle 3 abutting against said head. The tube 2 is inparallelism with the lower edge of the head 1 and is provided with aplurality of equally spaced openings 4 registering with similar openings5 in the lower edge of the head 1.

The tube 2 protrudes from the end of the handle 3 and is provided with aplurality of equally spaced annular grooves 4 providing an interruptedsurface upon the rear end of the tube 2 to receive and frictionally holdthe end of a hose 5 or flexible conduit, which has the opposite endthereof enlarged, as at 6 whereby it can be mounted upon the end of aspigot, faucet or water supply pipe. The hose 5 at a point in proximityto the handle 3 is provided with the ordinary and well known type ofshut-off clip 7 adapted to compress the hose 5 to the extent ofpreventing water from flowing through the same. This shutoff clip isemployed whereby it will be unnecessary to shut off the supply of waterwhen a cessation in the operation of the sprinkling device is desired.The tube 2 at a point adjacent to the rear end of the head 1 is reducedin its diameter, as at 8 whereby water passing through the same will beprojected with considerable force into the outer end of the tube.

In Fig. 4 of the drawing there is illustrated a modification of theinvention, wherein the head 1 is provided with a rearward extension 9 incommunication with the bore 10 of said head, and upon this extension isfitted the handle 3. Adjacent to the extension the head 1 is providedwith a gateway 11 for a gate 12 adapted to shut off the supply of waterto the forward end of the head. 1. The gate 12 is loosely connected by apin 13 to the slotted bifurcated end 14 of a lever 15 pivotally mountedbetween lugs 16, carried by the head 1. By pressing upon the lever 15,the gate 12 can be elevated to allow water to enter the forward end ofthe head 1.

In manufacturing the device, it is preferable to cast the metallic head1 around the irregularly curved tube 2, while in the modified form ofconstruction, a core is provided to produce the bore 10. By reference tothis modification it will be observed that the rear end of the bore hasan annular rib 17 adapted to increase the pressure of the water entering the bore 10, said rib serving func-' tionally the same purpose asthe reduced portion 8 of the tube 2.

In making the head 1 irregular in contour, the outermost openings 4 and5 of the head 1 and the tube 2 respectively project water at diflerentangles from the openings adjacent to the rear end of the head 1, therebycausing a wide distribution of water which facilitates the sprinkling oflarge pieces of fabric.

I attach considerable importance to the fact that the sprinkling headcan be utilized in connection with a constant supply of water, therebyeliminating the use of specially designed sprinkling receptacles, thenecessity of gathering water for sprinkling purposes, and the time andlabor heretofore consumed in sprinkling clothes by hand.

What I claim is p A sprinkling device comprising an irregularly shapedhead, an irregularly shaped tube arranged in said head and protrudingfrom the rear end thereof, a handle mounted upon the rear end of saidtube, a hose in communication therewith and adapted to supply water tothe forward end of said tube, said tube having openings formed therein,said head having openings formed therein in communication with theopenings openings at the rear end thereof, and means in connection withsaid device for controlling the supply of water to said head,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

AMALIA L. CONNELLY. Witnesses 1 Mrs. ROBERT CoNNnLLY, MAX H. SRoLovI'rz.

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